British actress and singer Cilla Black has died of natural causes while staying at her Spanish home. She was 72. Felipe Trueba / EPA
British actress and singer Cilla Black has died of natural causes while staying at her Spanish home. She was 72. Felipe Trueba / EPA

British TV personality Cilla Black dies aged 72



British television personality and singer Cilla Black died on Sunday aged 72, according to national broadcaster the BBC. "The singer and TV presenter Cilla Black has died aged 72 in Spain," BBC reporter Joe Lynam said on Twitter. British newspaper The Telegraph reported that the singer had passed away of apparantly natural causes at her Spanish home in Marbella.

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